CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers

Stegall-Jones making the connection

Published on October 10, 2006 under Canadian Football League (CFL)
Winnipeg Blue Bombers News Release


WINNIPEG, MB - With less than a month for football fans to decide The Greatest Quarterback/ Receiver Connections in CFL History, the duo of slotback Milt Stegall and quarterback Khari Jones is making a strong push for the title.

The Stegall-Jones combination has garnered 17.2 per cent of the vote so far in the Greatest Quarterback/Receiver program, which is presented by Making the Connection. To date more than 10,000 football fans have cast a vote.

CFL armchair quarterbacks can still debate and vote online as to who will reign as the CFL's greatest on-field duo while learning more about the health risks associated with high cholesterol, and the importance of taking action to manage it. The winning tandem will be announced during halftime at the 94th Grey Cup in Winnipeg on Nov. 19.

Bomber fans have until Saturday, Nov. 4 to cast their vote. The current standings are as follows:

- Doug Flutie and Allen Pitts (Calgary Stampeders) - 17.9%

- Khari Jones and Milt Stegall (Winnipeg Blue Bombers) - 17.2%

- Ron Lancaster and Hugh Campbell (Saskatchewan Roughriders) - 14.7%

- Warren Moon and Brian Kelly (Edmonton Eskimos) - 11.6%

- Anthony Calvillo and Ben Cahoon (Montréal Alouettes) - 11.1%

- Roy Dewalt and Mervyn Fernandez (BC Lions) - 9.9%

- Russ Jackson and Whit Tucker (Ottawa Rough Riders) - 7.1%

- Danny McManus and Darren Flutie (Hamilton Tiger-Cats) - 5.5%

- Condredge Holloway and Terry Greer (Toronto Argonauts) - 4.8%




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